Duncan McVey

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Duncan McVey
Personal information
Full name Dr Duncan Joseph McVey
Date of birth 2 March 1938
Place of birth Baillieston, Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death(2010-02-08)8 February 2010
Place of death Wellington, New Zealand
Position(s) Inside-forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Northern
International career
1962 New Zealand 1 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Duncan Joseph McVey (2 March 1938 - 8 February 2010) was a New Zealand footballer and General Practitioner who represented New Zealand at international level. [1]

Biography

Duncan Joseph McVey was born on 2 March 1938 in Baillieston, a working-class neighbourhood of Glasgow, Scotland, to Anthony Peter McVey, a boilermaker, and Mary Jane Johnstone. He had an older brother, two younger brothers, and a younger sister.

The family lived at 74 South Scott Street until, when Duncan was 13, they emigrated to New Zealand aboard the Tamaroa, leaving Southampton on 16 November 1951. [2]

McVey made a solitary official international appearance for New Zealand in a 4–1 win over New Caledonia on 2 June 1962, McVey and Trefor Pugh scoring twice each for New Zealand. [3] [4]

In later life, McVey went on to become a GP and died on 8 February 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand, at the age of 71.

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References

  1. ↑ "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1974," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-61Z9-2RG?cc=1609792&wc=MP7G-3YF%3A119260101%2C119038001%2C119102001  : 3 July 2019), Wellington > 1951 > Tamaroa > image 7 of 11; Archives New Zealand, Wellington. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "A-International Lineups 1960-1979". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2009.


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